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WE 2 Trofeo Birra Cala - A

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24 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 30 Apr 2026 to 03 May 2026 in San Nicola Arcella, Italy. 6 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2119, and top seed was Vincent Schmit (🇫🇷 FRA, FM, 2287).

Antonio Varvaglione (🇮🇹 ITA, 2134) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Gojko Laketic (4.0) and Sergio Geraci (4.0). Varvaglione shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Andjelko Dragojlovic (IM, 2062) beat Vincent Schmit (FM, 2287), a +225-point gap.

Location
🇮🇹San Nicola Arcella, Italy
Dates
30 Apr 2026 → 03 May 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇫🇷FMVincent Schmit2287
Avg top 10
2,119
Participants
24
Titled players · 6
IM×4
FM×1
WFM×1
Federations · 3 represented
🇮🇹Italy×20
🇷🇸Serbia×3
🇫🇷France×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 3 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders
10
3
5
2
3
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Laketic4Varvaglione4Geraci4Schmit3.5Dragojlovic3.5Vommaro3
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 4.0/5. Varvaglione takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (14.0).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Gojko Laketic drew with Antonio Varvaglione (Black).

R1–R5 · UNBEATEN

IM Gojko Laketic went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1IMGojko Laketic*
½
——
2Antonio Varvaglione
½
*
½
—
3Sergio Geraci—
½
*—
4FMVincent Schmit———*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Varvaglione, Antonio2134ITA+11B+9N=2B+4N=3B4.014.016.512.502304+20.6
2Laketic, GojkoIM2255SRB+18N+22B=1N=7B+6N4.011.512.59.002319+3.7
3Geraci, Sergio1999ITA+19B=10N+17B+9N=1N4.011.012.59.252249+63.6
4Dragojlovic, AndjelkoIM2062SRB+21B+5B=6N−1B+7N3.513.514.59.002257+13.1
5Schmit, VincentFM2287FRA+8B−4N=16B+11N+12B3.511.513.59.002136-14.6
6Lombardi, Mariano2131ITA=20N+15B=4B+16N−2B3.012.013.57.002143+1.8
7Vommaro, Stanislao2120ITA+24B=16N+10B=2N−4B3.012.012.05.502141+6.4
8Ljubisavljevic, Zivojin ZIM1997SRB−5N+21B−12N+13B+18N3.010.011.05.002032+2.1
9Martorelli, AntonioIM2021ITA+23N−1B+14N−3B=10B2.513.013.03.751992-2.0
10Messina, Enrico2067ITA+14N=3B−7N=12B=9N2.512.014.57.001978-11.6
11Calia, Carlo1981ITA−1N+23B=13N−5B+21B2.511.011.02.251990+0.2
12Lauriero, Giovanni1847ITA−22N+18B+8B=10N−5N2.510.511.55.752064+52.8
13Barbieri, Pietro1805ITA−16B+24N=11B−8N+19B2.59.09.02.751940+17.4
14Scrimieri, Gabriele1904ITA−10B+19N−9B+21N=17B2.58.59.53.501956+14.0
15Buiano, Fabio2057ITAF−6N+20B=17N+16B2.58.58.54.502137+8.2
16Guccione, Matteo Francesco2009ITA+13N=7B=5N−6B−15N2.012.014.55.752008-0.8
17De Rosa, Mariagrazia AntoniettaWFM2058ITAF+20B−3N=15B=14N2.010.510.54.001983-8.2
18Mingrone, Agostino1990ITA−2B−12N=19B+20N−8B1.511.012.52.251818-23.6
19Costanzo, Giuseppe1764ITA−3N−14B=18N+23B−13N1.510.510.50.751761-1.0
20Lentini, Alessandro1971ITA=6B−17N−15N−18B+23N1.59.09.01.501869-27.2
21Tricomi, Massimo1870ITA−4N−8N+24B−14B−11N1.011.511.50.001739-15.4
22Marincolo, Piercarlo2018ITA+12B−2NFFF1.06.56.52.502051+1.4
23Rametta, Marcello1854ITA−9B−11NF−19N−20B0.08.08.00.001134-31.4
24Rotunno, Giuseppe1950ITA−7N−13B−21NFF0.06.56.50.001132-31.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

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